Goal-driven reasoning overcomes cell D neglect in contingency judgements
Research on contingency judgement typically shows cell weight inequality such that the information in cell A of a contingency table is considered more relevant than the information in cell D, even though both kinds of information have the same confirmatory meaning. Two studies tested whether goal-dr...
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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Journal of cognitive psychology
Year: 2014, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 238-249 |
| ISSN: | 2044-592X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20445911.2014.982129 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2014.982129
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| Author Notes: | André Mata, Leonel Garcia-Marques, Mário B. Ferreira, and Cristina Mendonça |
| Summary: | Research on contingency judgement typically shows cell weight inequality such that the information in cell A of a contingency table is considered more relevant than the information in cell D, even though both kinds of information have the same confirmatory meaning. Two studies tested whether goal-driven reasoning can lead people to realise the value of the information in cell D. Participants' goal to defend a particular conclusion for which the information in cell D was helpful was manipulated. Whereas participants who did not have that goal displayed the usual cell D neglect, goal-driven participants for whom cell D contained goal-relevant information considered it important. More importantly, in subsequent tasks with different contents where participants were no longer driven by any goal, they continued to consider information in cell D relevant (Study 1), and they were more likely to make correct contingency judgements, which depended on considering cell D (Study 2). |
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| Item Description: | Published online: 20 November 2014 Gesehen am 08.06.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2044-592X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20445911.2014.982129 |